Paper-cabinet.



No. 629,565. Patented July 25, |899. J. T. HUYT.

PAPER CABINET.

(Application tiled Mar. 8, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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JAMES T. Hovr, or NEW Yoan, NQY.

PAPER-CABINET.

SPECIFTCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,565, dated July 25, 1899. Application filed March 3, 1898. Serial No. 672,452. (No modela) T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. HOYT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county. and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cabinets or Paper-Cases, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to cabinets or recep tacles for sanitary or toilet paper and from .which such paper can be taken or discharged as required; and the invention resides in the novel features of construction set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a section along fr w, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section along y y, Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 show a modication.

The cabinet or case is shown with what may be called its bottom at 1, the top at 2, a side at 3, and another side at 4. Extended across side 3 at the lower or bottom portion of the case is an exit opening or slot 5, Fig. 1. An ejector or roller 6 in proximity to and below the exit 5 is adapted to successively eject sheets as required.

The case is adapted for the reception of a y pack of sheets of paper 7. This paper-supply is made to rest by its Weight on the roller 6. The latter being suitably actuated or turned will start or slide the lowermost sheet out from pack 7 toward the exit 5, and when the leading edge of such fed or started sheet projects sufficiently through the exit' such sheet can be grasped or drawn off by hand. As sheets are thus successively fed from the bottom of the pack the latter sinks by its weight to bring each successive lowermost sheet to the roller 6. Aweight 8, Fig. l-as, for example, a sheet of lead or the like on the pack 7-may be found eliicient, especially if the Weight of the pack has been appreciably lessened by the withdrawal of a number of sheets.

Aholder or retaining device, such as a prong 9, for the sheets can be made to allow but one sheet at a time to be .taken or started by the roller 6. Such holder is readily made in the form of aprong at case-bottom 1 and engaging the bottom or under sheet or sheets of the pack. The holder might be made to pass clear detachment of the lowermost sheet.

through the pack; but it is not necessary for moreV than the bottom of the pack to be held or pierced. This holder 9 is shown near the side 4 or opposite the exit 5. K A

The casecan be filled in a suitable way. The side 4 is shown in the form of a door hinged at 10 and adapted to be locked by a padlock or other suitable arrangement 11. door 4 is open, a pack 7 can be slid into place to'rest on friction-roller 6 and prong 9. opening or door can of course be sliding instead of hinged, if seen t.

In order to prevent any kind of sheets or packs being placed into the cabinet, the latter may have what might be called baiiers 12. Suitable blocks or cleats applied in the cabinet or box to require a certain cut or configuration of the paper or edge of the pack for the latter to fit in place may answer. The baftler 12 at side 3 is shown stopping short .of exit 5, and manifestly the baflers should not be placed or allowed to interfere with the proper withdrawal of sheets. By having the door4 provided with a baffler the latter moves out of the Way on the opening of the door to charge the cabinet.

The roller 6 can be rotated by suitable means, as by a handle or button 14, Figs. 2-

and 3, applied directly to the roller or connected thereto by gear 15, if desired, for making the direction of rotation of the handle 14 conform to the natural or easy motion of the hand.

The case can of course be made to completely inclose the pack, and such cases can be suitably applied in required places.

' The prong 9 can be suitably formed by a thin or sharp-pointed blade, having its cutting edge facing back 4, so as to readily cut through the sheets as they are fed or ejected. If seen fit, a pack can be provided with a retaining device formed of tin, wire, or the like passing entirely through the pack. Such retaining device passed through the pack can be connected to or suitably suspended from top 2, in Which case care is necessary that the end of the Wire or retainer at the lower; most sheet oder but slight resistance to the Such retainer or wire must consequently be but slightly bent over or clamped to the pack or When the' The IOG

2 @eases be properly loosened or bent free when the pack has been placedin the cabinet.

The cabinet can be made of indefinite height to accommodate a large pack or supply.

The exit 5 when placed at convenient height will have the outcoming sheet in convenient reach of the user, and the paper-supply or main part of the cabinet will be above the exit and out of the way of the user. Instead of only one roller 6 more than one roller can be used and suitablyconnected or geared together, if seen t. To prevent the leading edge of an outgoing sheet passing down between roller 6 and side'or front 3, a guard or lip 16, Fig. 1, can be applied at side 3 and made to suitably project toward roller. The roller 6 canbe suitably divided to allow the guard or lip 16 to project between the divisions.

The addition of gear is of importance, si-ncethe roller being under the paper its feeding rotation must be toward the slit or to- Ward the consumer facing the slit; but the natura-l rotation of the hand being to turn to the right the gear 15 will allow the knob 14 to turn to the right while giving the expelling turn to the roller.

In- Figs. 4 and 5 is shown` a pack 7 with` a retaining devicev 9', form-ed bya suitably bent or shaped piece or strip of tin, adapted to hold the pack-leaves together, as during shipping or transferring of packs. The: lower portion o f holder` 9 is shown flaredto prevent excessive, drop of the pack or to keep the 1`0,Wer sheets on a level, or thereabout, with exit 5. To prevent retrograde movement or return of the ejector 6, a suitable detent, such as a ratchet and pawl` 17 and 18, Fig. 3, can be practically applied.

As the sheets: should be capable ot' easy feed or ejection by the roller 6, all unnecessary friction is to be avoided, such as by the sheet rubbing over the bottom l, and a holder 9 or 9, adapted to keep the sheets clear or suspended, is of importance.

In place of bailers 12 one or more corners of the box can be slanted or rounded.

One or more sides or portions of the box can be made of open-work or provided with one or more windows or sight-openings to enable the paper-supply or ease interior to be conveniently inspected.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cabinet or case having an exit opening or slot extended across a side above the lower or bottom portion of the case, and an ejector or friction-roller within the oase and in proximity to andvbelow the exit, said case' being adapted for the reception of a pack o1' paper-supply made to rest by its Weight on the ejector, and a flaring holder or retainer deviceV under the pack to prevent excessive drop of the pack and to maintain the bottom of the pack in the plane or positionV of thev ejector so that the bottom sheet is free to be taken off bysuch ejector substantially as described'.

2. A cabinet or case having an exit opening or slot extended across a side above the lower or bottom portion of the case,` and an ejector or frictionmoll'er within the case: and

in proximity to and. below the exit, said case being adapted for the reception ofa pack or paper-supply made to rest by its weighton the ejector, and a holder or retaining device passed through the pack andhaving its lower portion ared to prevent excessive dropof the pack substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES T. HOYT. Witnesses:

W. C. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

